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Post subject: Re: Standard of SL

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 12:04 am

Salford red all over

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DallasMead2 wrote:100% sure mate, yes. Croft has been great for you no doubt. But he wasn’t a “top Aussie”, he wasn’t in the first team, he was a reserve grader like Hastings, French, Field etc. That’s totally my point.

If you want Reserve Graders think more Cade Cust .

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Post subject: Re: Standard of SL

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 12:14 am

Salford red all over

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Some reserve line up that was........

James Tedesco Fullback Billy Slater
Daniel Tupou Wing Suliasi Vunivalu
Latrell Mitchell Centre Will Chambers
Joseph Manu Centre Curtis Scott
Blake Ferguson Wing Josh Addo-Carr
Luke Keary Five-eighth Cameron Munster
Cooper Cronk Halfback Brodie Croft
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves Prop Jesse Bromwich
Jake Friend (c) Hooker Cameron Smith (c)
Sio Siua Taukeiaho Prop Tim Glasby
Boyd Cordner (c) 2nd Row Felise Kaufusi
Mitchell Aubusson 2nd Row Joe Stimson
Victor Radley Lock Dale Finucane
Isaac Liu Interchange Kenny Bromwich
Dylan Napa Interchange Christian Welch
Zane Tetevano Interchange Brandon Smith
Ryan Matterson Interchange Nelson Asofa-Solomona
Trent Robinson Coach Craig Bellamy

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Post subject: Re: Standard of SL

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 6:37 am

Egg Chasing

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Joined: Jan 20 2013
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Location: Watching Rugby League

65 games in 6 seasons.

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Post subject: Re: Standard of SL

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 5:07 pm

DallasMead2

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Joined: Feb 16 2020
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Salford red all over wrote:He wasn't a "Reserve Grader" he played around 40 times for Melbourne Storm in three years no mean feat when you think of the competition, then 26 times for the Brisbane Broncos in a two season stint. Very much a 1st Teamer.

Ow yeah and Reserve graders don't usually play in NRL Grand Finals like Brodie Croft did partnering Cameron Munster against Cooper Cronk and Luke Keary.

He was seen very much as a reserve grader for the future, thus he was not picked up by any NRL clubs, thus came to SL.

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Post subject: Re: Standard of SL

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 6:32 pm

Salford red all over

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DallasMead2 wrote:He was seen very much as a reserve grader for the future, thus he was not picked up by any NRL clubs, thus came to SL.

Croft was described by the media at the time as the next Cooper Cronk and was labelled a "Cooper Cronk clone"

poop that Cronk fella . BTW the queue for his services, is getting longer by the day.

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Post subject: Re: Standard of SL

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 6:39 pm

Thetalentboy

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Joined: Feb 23 2003
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Location: Hull

Kelvin's Ferret wrote:It's the only time I've seen them in the flesh, I seem to remember seeing them on Premier Sports or Our League, don't remember which.

Yesterday was a bit like watching a SL team play a part-time team in CC, they don't have to be especially good, they just need to use their superior conditioning and stronger squad to roll over the opponent. The problem I see with Leigh is a lack of raw pace and too much dependence on the sort of overseas players that would be squad fillers in the lower half of SL. The tempo that will roll over part-time teams at Championship level is still some way off the bottom half of SL.

Squad fillers what drugs you on :lol:

Players like Blake ferguson nene Mcdonald inu would pretty much walk in every super league team especially the first 2

Leigh have the strongest team that's got promoted for many years ( if they do )

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Post subject: Re: Standard of SL

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 7:34 pm

Cokey

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Thetalentboy wrote:Squad fillers what drugs you on :lol:

Players like Blake ferguson nene Mcdonald inu would pretty much walk in every super league team especially the first 2

Leigh have the strongest team that's got promoted for many years ( if they do )